On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

I find it hard to describe the Scratch “language” and programming in words (I’ve had my Lego Mindstorms robotics kit for years). The best way is to download Scratch and see for yourself.

It doesn't hurt that Scratch is 100 percent free to download and use, either! Kids can install it on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines after downloading from scratch.mit.edu.

The only kids’ programming language worth using, Scratch, just celebrated the launch of Scratch 3.0, an update that adds some interesting new functionality to the powerful open-source tool. The ...

Ten years ago, a computer programming language called Scratch emerged from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids.